Gonfalon (front)University of Milan
Designed by the architect Tommaso Buzzi, it was embroidered in silk and precious yarns by the Bertarelli Brothers’ company of Milan in 1934.
Gonfalon (detail)University of Milan
Founded in 1924, the University keeps in its collections one of the typical insignia of the celebratory rhetoric of the years of the regime: the historical Banner, with the symbols of the Minerva and the then existing Faculties.
Gonfalon (front)University of Milan
The goddess of Science is represented with the crested helmet, the Armor, the Shield, the Lance: an Iconography that refers, in particular, to the copy of Athena Parthenos preserved at the Archaeological Museum of Athens.
In the Gonfalone the Minerva rests on a narrow beam.
Gonfalon (detail)University of Milan
At the feet of the goddess a precious artefact, finely decorated with embroideries and applications of polychrome silks, represents Milan.
On the seven fringes of the lower edge of the Gonfalone, are represented the Visconti and Sforzesche enterprises.
Gonfalon (back)University of Milan
On the back are embroidered symbols and attributes of the faculties then present in the University: Philosophy, Letters, Law, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Natural Sciences.
The humanities are represented by an owl, arrows, stairs and scrolls.
Laboratory instruments, the Caduceus of Hermes and a pheasant depict the scientific disciplines.
firma e data della manifatturaUniversity of Milan
During the restoration, carried out by Dr Morassutti in 2017 and lasting six months, the firm "Fratelli Bertarelli Milano Via Broletto 13 1934" was found.
Università degli Studi di Milano Historical Gonfalone (1960/1961) by Tomaso Buzzi, Bertarelli brothersUniversity of Milan
VUMM-Virtual UniMi Museum, was conceived, designed, built, and released by the Università degli Studi di Milano.
Project Team - Conception and technological-scientific direction: Goffredo Haus – Prorector for Digital Innovation, ICT Services, Strategic Projects, and Special Initiatives.
- Project Management. Planning, creation, content editing: Marcella Mattavelli – Deployment of Intellectual Property and Innovation Division.
- Digital design and creation: Adriano Baratè – ICT Division
The same working group edited and created the Google Arts & Culture page dedicated to VUMM.
Special thanks are due Magnificent Rector Elio Franzini, Prorector for Third Mission, Territory, and Cultural Activities Marina Carini, General Director Roberto Conte, and Director of Deployment of Intellectual Property and Innovation Division Roberto Tiezzi, who strongly believed in this initiative and supported it by working with all institutional offices and faculty bodies.
